Lake Region Union High School

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Orleans, Vt. 05860
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Teacher's Page "Legos to Logos"

Teachers: Calhoun & Hamblett

School: LRUHS

Subjects: Computer Apps

Grade level: 9-12

Overview: This is a lesson, not a unit.

Rationale: (Why teach this lesson? GE?)

IT2
Social, Ethical and Human Issues Intellectual Property Acceptable Use Working with Content/Information

5.14
Students understand the ethical, cultural, and societal issues related to technology.

Students demonstrate responsible use of technology systems, information, and software by discussing and becoming more aware of potential issues in schools.

Objective(s) / learning intention(s): (How will you share this with students?)

Increase student awareness of logos and electronic gadgets that create problems in a school environment as a part of the media literacy unit.

Criteria for success: (What will you tell students is the criteria for success? What key or domain words need to be posted?)

Create a student policy regarding the use "their stuff:" as it impacts the classroom and the school.

Materials (Text, article, website, etc.)

  • Copy of "From Legos to Logos" article.
  • Worksheet for article including vocabulary and discussion questions.
  • Website including all of this information

Student activity (ies)

  • Teachers will be dressed in extreme logo laden apparrel with electronic gadgets.
  • Students will be grouped and provided a hardcopy of "From Legos to Logos" and the worksheet.
  • Students will take turns reading aloud from the article and each complete a worksheet.
  • Each group will report out to the larger group

Formative assessment: (How will you provide students feedback that moves student learning forward, discussion, question/answer, find & correct errors, thik/pair/share, etc.)

  • Completed worksheet and small group discussions
  • Group student policy developed by small groups
  • Presentation to entire class by each group (choices may include dramatization, etc.)

 

 

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